Curriculum Vitae
Sean X. Luo
Department of Psychiatry
Columbia University and
The New York State Psychiatric Institute
1051 Riverside Drive, Box 83
New York, NY 10033
646-774-6144
[email protected]
Employment
NIH-NIDA T32 Clinical and Research Fellow in Addiction Psychiatry
Leon Levy Fellow
07/2014 – Current
Columbia University Medical Center, NY-Presbyterian Hospital and
The New York State Psychiatric Institute
Resident Psychiatrist
Leon Levy Fellow
07/2010 – 06/2014
PGY IV Psychiatry
Columbia University Medical Center, NY-Presbyterian Hospital and
The New York State Psychiatric Institute
Education
Medical - Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
09/2003 - 05/2010
M.D./Ph.D., 05/2010
Graduate - Columbia University, New York, NY
Theoretical Neuroscience and Machine Learning
09/2003 - 05/2010
M.D./Ph.D., 05/2010
Undergraduate - University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Physics and Mathematics (double major)
09/1999 - 06/2003
B.S./B.A., with Honors 06/2003
Membership and Honorary/Professional Societies
College on the Problems of Drug Dependence 2013-current
American Academy of Clinical Psychopharmacology 2012-current
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2012-current
American Physician Scientist Association 2003-current
American Medical Student Association 2003-2010
American Psychiatric Association, Member-in-Training 2010-current
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry 2011-current
Luo, CV 10/9/2014 1 Sigma Chi 2003-current
Society for Biological Psychiatry 2011-current
Society for Neuroscience 2007-2012
Ad Hoc Reviewer for
Nature Neuroscience
PLOS One
Journal of Computational Neuroscience
The Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences
Examinations and Licensure
USMLE Step 1 06/2005
USMLE Step 2 CS/CK 12/2009
USMLE Step 3 03/2011
NY State Medical License, 07/2011-Current
DEA Controlled Substance Authorization Number, 09/2011-Current
Buprenorphine Prescription Certificate 03/2011-Current
Awards
AAAP Early Career Young Investigator Award, 2013
Samuel Perry Memorial Award for Research in Residency, 2013
APA Junior Investigator Research Colloquium, 2013
APA/Lily Resident Research Award, 2013
AADPRT BRAIN Scholar Award, 2013
New York State Psychiatric Association Resident Paper Contest, Third Place, 2012
Janssen Pharmaceuticals ARM Resident Research Award, 2012
Leon Levy Fellowship for Research in Psychiatry, 2010-current
NIMH MD/PhD Conference Travel Award, 2007
NIH MSTP Training Grant 2002-2008
UCLA Neuroengineering Fellowship, 2002
HHMI Summer Research Award, 2000
University of Chicago College Gift Aid, 1999
Intel International Science Fair, Fourth Place, 1999
Grant Support
Active Grants
07/01/10-07/01/14 (Research Trainee, 10-80% Mentor: Edward Nunes), “Personalized
treatments of substance use disorders”, Translational Neuroscience Research Grant, Leon Levy
Foundation. Annual Direct Cost: $20,000. Total Direct Cost: $80,000
07/01/12-07/01/14 (Research Trainee, 20-80%), PI: Maria Oquendo, Residency Research Track
and Training Award, NIH/NIMH 5R25MH086466-04. Annual Direct Cost: $20,000. Total
Direct Cost: $20,000
07/01/13-07/01/14 (PI, 20% Mentor: Maria Oquendo), “Predictive modeling of differential
treatment outcomes in a randomized clinical trial of biopolar disorder”, Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
Annual Direct Cost: $6,000. Total Direct Cost: $6,000
Luo, CV 10/9/2014 2 07/01/13-07/01/14 (PI, 5% Mentor: Edward Nunes), “Causal models of effects of
psychostimulant in smoking cessation”, Samuel Perry Fund. Annual Direct Cost: $1,500. Total
Direct Cost: $1,500
Misc. Work/Teaching Experience
08/2013 and 08/2014
Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, New York
Resident Teaching Staff
Designed and taught a introductory statistics proficiency course for PGYII psychiatry residents
titled “Becoming a data savvy psychiatrist”
01/2014-05/2014
Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, New York
Resident Teaching Staff
Small group leader for first year medical students psychiatric medicine course
01/2008 - 06/2008
Columbia University, Office of Science and Technology Ventures, New York
STV Fellow
Assessment and research of emerging technologies from Columbia faculties, primarily in
biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. Patent search and marketing brief writing.
09/2006 - 06/2007
Columbia University, Office of Outreach, New York
SPREP teacher
Teacher and course director, introductory neuroscience course for high school students Saturday
enrichment program for the underrepresented minority youth
Misc. Clinical Experience
07/2014 – current
Per Diem psychiatrist
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York
Inpatient, Consultation-Liaison and Emergency Room coverage
07/2012-05/2013
Per Diem psychiatrist
NewYork Presbyterian, Allen Hospital, New York
Inpatient, Consultation-Liaison and Emergency Room coverage
Volunteer Experience
01/ 2006 - 05/2006
Columbia University, Department of Biology, New York
Teaching assistant, Rafael Yuste, Ph.D.
Teaching assistant for the systems neuroscience course
10/ 2003 - 06/2004
Luo, CV 10/9/2014 3 Physicians for Human Rights, New York
Member of the Executive Committee
Organized meetings, lectures and events for the PHR chapter at Columbia University, College of
Physicians and Surgeons
Past Research Experience
09/2005 - 12/2008
Columbia University, Department of Neuroscience, New York
Research Assistant, Larry Abbott, Ph.D. and Richard Axel, M.D.
Thesis research
06/2002 - 09/2002
Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA, California
Research Assistant, Jonathan Monck, Ph.D.
UCLA Summer Neuroengineering Fellowship Imaging of calcium transients in neuroendocrine
cells
06/2001 - 09/2001
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts
Research Assistant, Steven Matthysse, Ph.D.
Stanley Foundation Summer Research Fellowship at the Psychological Research Laboratory
Modeling hippocampal cellular network using GENESIS
05/2001 - 06/2003
University of Chicago, Department of Neurology, Illinois
Research Assistant, Kurt Hecox, M.D., Ph.D.
Undergraduate work study/honors thesis research Building algorithms of source localization of
EEG signals in real time with Laplacian minimization
05/2000 - 06/2001
University of Chicago, HHMI, Illinois
Research Assistant, Philip Ulinski, Ph.D.
HHMI Summer Research Fellowship Modeling visual cortical inhibitory cells in turtles
Peer Reviewed Publications
Luo SX, Martinez D, Carpenter K, Silfstein M and Nunes EV. Multimodal predictive modeling
of individual treatment outcome in cocaine dependence with combined neuroimaging and
behavioral predictors, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2014, 143:29-35. PMID: 25108585
Luo SX, Axel R, Abbott LF. Generating sparse and selective third-order responses in the
olfactory system of the fly PNAS 2010 Jun; 107(23): 10713-8. Cited in PubMed; PMID:
20498080
Datta SR, Vasconcelos ML, Ruta V, Luo S, Wong A, Demir E, Flores J, Balonze K, Dickson BJ,
Axel R.. The Drosophila pheromone cVA activates a sexually dimorphic neural circuit. Nature.
2008 Mar; 452(7186): 473-7. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 18305480.
Luo, CV 10/9/2014 4 Wang W, Luo S, Ghosh BK, Ulinski PS. Generation of the receptive fields of subpial cells in
turtle visual cortex. J. Integr. Neurosci. 2006 Dec; 5(4): 561-93. Cited in PubMed; PMID:
17245823.
Peer Reviewed Publications In Submission/Preparation
Luo SX, Covey L, Hu MC, Levin FR, Nunes EV and Winhusen T. Predictive modeling reveals
an effective personalized treatment rule in smoking cessation intervention, submitted to
American Journal on Addictions, in revision
Luo SX, Shinall J, Peterson BS and Gerber A. Semantic mapping reveals distinct patterns of
social language in adults with high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder, submitted to Journal
of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Luo SX, Galfavy HC, Keilp J and Oquendo MO. Predicting individual suicide event in the
pharmacologic treatment of bipolar disorder, in preparation
Luo SX, Wall M, Covey L, Hu MC, Levin FR, Nunes EV and Winhusen T. Modeling potential
mechanisms of differential treatment effects in osmotic-release methylphenidate (OROS-MPH)
for smoking cessation, in preparation
Reviews and Chapters
Luo, SX, Wittennauer, J., Brennan, T. Internet Addiction. Invited chapter to appear in The
Behavioral Addictions Casebook, 2014
Abbott LF, Luo SX. A step toward optimal coding in olfaction. Nature Neuroscience. 2007
10(11): 1342-3. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 17965649.
Poster Presentations
Luo SX, Wall M, Covey L, et. al. (2014, June) Modeling potential mechanisms of differential
treatment effects in osmotic-release methylphenidate (OROS-MPH) for smoking cessation;
College on the Problem of Drug Dependence (CPDD), San Juan, Puerto Rico
Luo, SX, Covey, L, Hu, M. et. al, (2012, December) Predictive modeling and nonlinear
treatment effects in a multicenter, randomized controlled trial of methylphenidate in smoke
cessation intervention, AAAP, Aventura, FL
Luo SX, Peterson BS, Gerber AJ (2012, May) Semantic Mapping of Social Language:
Comparing Normal Subjects to Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorders, SOBP, Philadelphia,
PA
Gerber AJ, Bansal R, Luo SX, Peterson BS (2012, May) Functional MRI of Social Cognition as
a Basis for Understanding Mechanisms of Change in Psychotherapy and Spirituality, SOBP,
Philadelphia, PA
Luo, CV 10/9/2014 5 Luo SX, Axel R, Abbott LF. (2008, September) Representational Compression and Olfactory
Discrimination in the Fly. Poster presented at: Gordon Conference on Statistics of Natural
Stimuli; Barga, Italy.
Luo SX, Axel R, Abbott LF. (2007, June) Olfactory Coding and Discrimination in Drosophila.
Poster presented at: Gordon Conference on Neurocircuits; Newport, RI.
Oral Presentations
Luo SX, Martinez D, Carpenter K, Silfstein M and Nunes EV. (2013, December) Multimodal
predictive modeling of individual treatment outcome in cocaine dependence with combined
neuroimaging and behavioral predictors; American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Annual
Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona
Luo SX, Wall M, Covey L, Hu MC, Levin FR, Nunes EV and Winhusen T. (2013, December)
Modeling potential mechanisms of differential treatment effects in osmotic-release
methylphenidate (OROS-MPH) for smoking cessation; American Academy of Addiction
Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona
Luo SX, Galfavy, H., Kelip J., Oquendo MA. (2013, June) Predicting treatment outcome in
pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder, Janssen Pharmaceuticals Psychiatry Resident Mentored
Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA
Luo SX, Axel R, Abbott LF. (2007, February) Modeling Olfactory Discrimination in Drosophila.
Oral Presentation presented at: Computation and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE); Salt Lake
City, UT.
Luo SX, Axel R, Abbott LF. (2006, November) Modeling Olfactory Discrimination in
Drosophila. Oral Presentation presented at: Engineering Principles in Biological Systems, Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory; Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Luo SX, Axel R, Abbott LF. (2006, September) Decorrelation in the olfactory system of
Drosophila. Oral Presentation presented at: Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Conference;
London, United Kingdom.
Luo SX, Axel R, Abbott LF. (2006, August) Decorrelation in the olfactory system of Drosophila.
Oral Presentation presented at: Schwartz Computational Neuroscience Meeting; New York, NY.
Luo SX, Ulinski PS. (2001, July) Dendritic varicosities in the subpial interneurons in the turtle
visual cortex, Asilomar, CA.
Hobbies & Interests
Piano, classical and jazz; Music composition and theory, contemporary classical music; Literary
criticism, theory, travel literature, postcolonialism, multiculturalism, film theory, visual language
and relations to psychoanalysis; Media and Internet studies, science and technology studies;
Health care policy, welfare economics, quantitative social sciences; Tennis, weight lifting,
running
Luo, CV 10/9/2014 6 Language Fluency (Other than English)
Chinese (Mandarin), full proficiency
Luo, CV 10/9/2014 7